Meshell Ndegeocello

Meshell Ndegeocello was recorded at birth as Michelle Lynn Johnson. She also worked under the names Meshell Ndegeocello and Me'Shell Ndegéocello. The authorities additionally record the headings Michelle Lynn Johnson, Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur and Me'Shell Ndegéocello. Her recorded languages were English and German. Her recorded confession was Islam.

What the record establishes about Meshell Ndegeocello.

Meshell Ndegeocello is recorded with the occupation singer-songwriter. Meshell Ndegeocello is recorded with the occupation recording artist. Meshell Ndegeocello is recorded with the occupation jazz guitarist. Meshell Ndegeocello is recorded as a citizen of United States. Meshell Ndegeocello is classed in the genre hip-hop. Meshell Ndegeocello is recorded as singer, singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist and musician.

The identifiers under which Meshell Ndegeocello may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Meshell Ndegeocello is established in the international name authorities as MusicBrainz 55a8b485-1cbf-47ee-ae15-d106200fafe8, Social Networks and Archival Context w6vc2dv9, Bibliothèque nationale de France 13962555h, Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) 134086252, Library of Congress no97057878, ISNI 0000000078393845, IdRef 162139373, Discogs 504402 and VIAF 50434439.

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Ndegeocello, Meshell, Oxford Music Online, 2014. Chapter 3: Meshell Ndegeocello: Dig Up Ethnographic Sounds, The Intertextuality of Black American Spoken Word and African Griot Tradition, 2025.

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

Meshell Ndegeocello live at Higher Ground 1999.11.20 (1999) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 21 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Meshell Ndegeocello studied at Oxon Hill High School and Duke Ellington School of the Arts. the recorded working language is English and German.

The field of work recorded is music composing. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are go-go, soul, hip-hop and jazz.

Works named in the authority record are Weather.

Distinctions recorded are Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.